'You put aside the badge'

The News-Star rides with the task force

11:06 PM,
Aug. 6, 2014

Ouachita Parish Sheriff Jay Russell leads a news conference discussing the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force, a group of area law enforcement agencies and their recent proactive patrols in Monroe. In the background are Capt. Tommy Lewis, Troop F commander Louisiana State Police and Marc Mashaw, Ouachita Parish chief deputy. The news conference was held Wednesday at the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office range in West Monroe.

Written by

Julie Landry jlandry2@thenewsstar.com

Behind the Kangaroo Express on North 18th Street in Monroe, Chief Deputy Marc Mashaw of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office pulled his patrol unit to the side of the road and lowered the passenger window.

Sheriff Jay Russell fished for a piece of paper displaying a pixelated surveillance photo. The suspect in the photograph had stolen fake electronics from a bait car parked in the area the previous night.

Beckoning a man walking with a McDonald's bag to the window, Mashaw asked his name. The man called himself Miguel Newton - later, deputies discovered his name was actually Donnell Williams. ...